@rauliruegas I've stopped worrying about the cerebral requirement for having a live reference.
My simple test now is does the sound connect me to the music? in which case warmer cd, cleaner vinyl - I may be unconsciously making them sound the same.
I can't remember the last un-amplified live jazz, or rock ever heard - do you? Probably a street busker without electricity. I don't work in a studio so I don't sit in a booth mastering sound.
I do listen in the near field - but I have found the move towards a tube output CD player which certainly ain't harsh and cold. I don't find that near field lacks warmth - in fact I don't understand your remark that near field is anything but warm - being far or near is about perspective and imaging - not warmth.
let me put it this way - play rock via a naim nait 3 amp in the near field using a CD player without tube output vs a tube amp driven by a valve output phono stage - there's gonna be a world of difference in warmth.
My simple test now is does the sound connect me to the music? in which case warmer cd, cleaner vinyl - I may be unconsciously making them sound the same.
I can't remember the last un-amplified live jazz, or rock ever heard - do you? Probably a street busker without electricity. I don't work in a studio so I don't sit in a booth mastering sound.
I do listen in the near field - but I have found the move towards a tube output CD player which certainly ain't harsh and cold. I don't find that near field lacks warmth - in fact I don't understand your remark that near field is anything but warm - being far or near is about perspective and imaging - not warmth.
let me put it this way - play rock via a naim nait 3 amp in the near field using a CD player without tube output vs a tube amp driven by a valve output phono stage - there's gonna be a world of difference in warmth.